Blake, Katherine Evans. Heart’s haven. [†]$1.50. Bobbs.
The Rappite community of celibates first in Pennsylvania and later in Indiana furnishes the setting for this story. It portrays the struggle between the Rappite conscience which repudiates all sentiment relating to ties of flesh, and the natural cravings of the human heart. First in the love of a parent for her child, later in this son’s love for a fair girl, is shown the triumph of governable sanity over religious fanaticism.
[*] “There are a number of flaws easily apparent in Miss Blake’s scheme of the Harmonists. The author has made the mistake of padding too heavily in spots.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 857. D. 2, ‘05. 450w. | |
| + | Outlook. 81: 576. N. 4, ‘05. 100w. |
Blanchard, Amy Ella. Frontier knight. [†]$1.50. Wilde.
Miss Blanchard’s new “Pioneer series” story follows the fortunes of a young man and his two sisters who emigrate from Kentucky to Texas shortly before the Mexican war breaks out. There is excellent use made of the opportunities to portray border life, in which the Mexican peasant, the rancher, and the Texas ranger all have part.
Blanchard, Amy E. Little grandmother Jo. $1. Jacobs.
A story of school life fifty years ago, when a grandmother of to-day left a happy southern home to endure the hardships of the old-fashioned boarding-school where the methods were cruel, the teachers unjust, and many of the little girls, the products of this system, were spiteful.
Blanden, Charles Granger. Chorus of leaves. [**]$1.25. Elder.
In this gift-book, artistic and attractive in both print and binding, are to be found some fifty verses very slight and very sentimental.